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Resurrection, ascension and the developing portrait of the God of Israel in Acts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2004

Andy Johnson
Andy Johnson
Affiliation:
Nazarene Theological Seminary, 1700 East Meyer Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64131, USAajohnson@nts.edu
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Abstract

This article exemplifies a theological hermeneutic where the concerns of systematic theology shape the way a NT text is read. It intends to show that the unfolding testimony of Acts 1–2 (1) continues the process begun in Luke 24 of moving its audience towardan incipiently triune portrait of Yahweh; (2) provides public testimony to the truth of God's lordship by narrating its embodiment in a restored Israel; (3) enlarges a trinitarian reader's imagination with regard to the nature of the triune life of God when that imagination is stimulated by Luke's portrait of the embodied risen and ascended Son.

Type
Research Article
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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , May 2004 , pp. 146 - 162
Copyright
© Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 2004

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Footnotes

An earlier version of a portion of this paper was presented to the Wesleyan Theological Society in March 2000. Jonathan Case carefully read the paper and edited those bits dealing with my use of Pannenberg's trinitarian proposal. Joel Green also read the paper and made numerous helpful suggestions.